# Abortion clinic "Buffer zones" in Massachusetts not legal, says unanimous SCOTUS

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**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-clinic-buffer-zones-in-massachusetts-not-legal-says-unanimous-scotus/691698 "2014-06-26T14:58:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-clinic-buffer-zones-in-massachusetts-not-legal-says-unanimous-scotus/691698/175 "2014-06-26T21:46:24Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> They aren’t really comparable, but it’s _more important_ that people be able to access healthcare facilities than that they be able to access funerals, so the permissible buffer zones at funerals should be much smaller.

I don’t see it as important at all that people should be able to have abortions, and I certainly don’t have any inclination that they should do so free of guilt or shame.

Abortion is legal right now, unfortunately, but that doesn’t mean it should be easy.

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